Built my reader platform: website, mailing list. Got my reader magnet up on Bookfunnel, joined a couple of promos, got a 100 and a bit subscribers to my newsletter. I realize that I’ll get better quality subs from backmatter in my books, which are up for presale now.
But… having read so much...
That makes sense. There’s so much contradictory info out there. I’ll see if I can get some boilerplate privacy stuff from my web provider, for what they collect.
Just starting to take a look at this. I have my newsletter sign up form, on mailerlite. I have an "email me" link as well. In theory, the fact that they are giving explicit permission to sign up for my newsletter should be enough.
But, there's all the issues with the GDPR privacy laws, and what...
Ned has an excellent thought there. If this is going to be your Amazon blurb, remember that only the first couple of lines are visible when people see the grid of books that match their search. So, you need to start out with a real solid hook that makes people go, "wow."
I’m hearing this on various podcasts, in forums. It’s one of the reasons writers go independent, in that, if they’re getting neither the revenue or all the support, they might as well do it on their own. I don’t know for sure, that’s why I asked. I’ll see when i get there, if i ever do.
I’d love to believe that, but it’s not what I’m hearing. If they have allocated little or no budget to advertising, are you going to let your book languish in the vast swamp of Amazon? That’s more my question, I guess. New writers, those who were not given the large advances, are not seeing much...
Been reading and learning as much as I can over this last little while. Been getting ready to start querying agents, as I'm going to target trad at first.
I understand publishers are expecting a lot of marketing from writers now. So, websites, mailing lists, social media. Willingness to do...
A question on a short story I'm writing, as a prequel to the books. I also have a novella prequel, which I'll use to get people to sign up for my mailing list. But the story would be to direct people to the novels in the first place, and would be free, maybe on Bookfunnel. The question is this...
As usual with this subject, advice is all over the map. I have the time, I’m retired. I’ve been enjoying Twitter, and it’s easy to add people. I’ll hit a thousand easily, with little effort but a bit of time.
Well, it's one of those good to have things at the start, from what I've read and listened to. If you follow other people who are writers and readers, they will follow you back. You just have normal interactions with them, though you need to be up front about the fact that at some point, you'll...
Getting there on my trilogy, it’s epic fantasy. I have written a prequel novella to go with it, which I’m planning to use for promotional purposes. I’m intending on starting to send the first book out to agents in the new year, see how that goes. I have first drafts of books 2 and 3 done as...
Katherine Kurtz published her first Deryni book, Deryni Rising, in 1970. The combat magic was very well defined, including formal duels. One of my favorite series, well crafted, great characters and plots, excellent world building.